Industrial hemp licensing statistics

2019 Statistics

This report was generated using Health Canada data available from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.

The Industrial Hemp Regulations (IHR) define “industrial hemp” as a cannabis plant – or any part of that plant – in which the concentration of THC is 0.3% (w/w) or less in the flowering heads and leaves. A licence from Health Canada is required to possess, cultivate, sell/provide, process, produce a derivative, import and/or export industrial hemp.

As per subsection 26(1) of the IHR, a holder of a licence that authorizes cultivation, other than as a plant breeder, must sow only seed of pedigreed status that is of an approved cultivar listed on Health Canada’s current List of Approved Cultivars.

Table 1: 2019 Active Industrial Hemp Licences by Province
Province	Total licences	Licences for Cultivation
Alberta	180	150
British Columbia	125	110
Manitoba	93	71
New Brunswick	8	8
Newfoundland and Labrador	4	4
Nova Scotia	18	18
Ontario	211	180
Prince Edward Island	15	14
Quebec	68	55
Saskatchewan	144	121
Total	866	731
Notes: A licence holder might have been granted an industrial hemp licence to conduct multiple activities at multiple sites, which may encompass more than one province. No licensing activities were authorized for Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.

Table 2: 2019 Hectarage for Cultivation of Industrial Hemp by Cultivar by Province
Cultivar	Hectares
Cultivar	AB	BC	MB	NB	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	Total
Altair	101.17	0.92	0	0	0	154.79	0.4	108.35	121.41	487.04
Angie	0	0	0.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49
Anka	8.1	22.59	0	4.06	2.43	369.64	0	27.45	3.64	437.91
Canda	143.42	27.51	0	0	0.04	150.8	4.65	0	0	326.42
CanMa	52.61	1.21	465.62	0	0	11.18	2.83	299.32	62.73	895.5
Carmagnola	10.43	64.34	11.74	0	2.02	40.96	0	0	108.62	238.11
CFX-1	0	0.06	0	0.08	0.4	0	0	25.54	32.37	58.45
CFX-2	765.99	0.26	931.22	0.55	0.1	19.8	0	9.1	355.31	2,082.33
CRS-1	8.91	0.34	964.37	0.14	5.67	6.5	0	40.55	0	1,026.48
CS	17.41	5.4	11.74	0	2.42	19.44	78.7	0	83.68	218.79
ESTA-1	0	0	0	0	11.33	1.05	0	0	0	12.38
Felina-34	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	0	0	0	0.83
Ferimon	0	0	0	0.25	0	288.76	0	242.77	3.64	535.42
Fibranova	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	0	0	753.12	753.93
Finola	5,295.33	52.18	200.89	0	0	45.46	0	29.59	4,409.51	10,032.96
Grandi	32.38	2.07	64.75	0.14	0	3.72	0	0.04	0	103.1
GranMa	45.32	0	27.92	0.4	0	6.23	0	333.79	99.15	512.81
Joey	16.19	36.83	172.89	0	0	117.48	4.65	4.1	4.05	356.19
Judy	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0.06
Jutta	0	0	0	0	0	44.13	0	0	0	44.13
Katani	1,246.57	53.02	1,304.31	0.22	6.98	60.68	0	52.36	6,233.32	8,957.46
Kompolti	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.2
Martha	0	0	0	62.32	0	117.91	0	0	0	180.23
Petera	0	0	1.02	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	1.08
Picolo	4.05	51.65	0	0	0	0.24	0	0.04	244.96	300.94
Quida	0	0	0.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49
Rigel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	0	5.01
Silesia	4.11	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	4.17
USO 31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0.15
Victoria	0	0	0	6.07	21.04	0	0	0	0	27.11
X-59	1,249.42	202.94	363.41	0.06	69.99	60.72	0.81	0	7,733.14	9,680.49
Other^{Footnote *}	118.5	0.06	0.24	0.71	0	7.44	0	26.14	1.62	154.71
TOTAL	9,119.91	521.38	4,521.10	75.18	122.42	15,28.77	92.04	1,204.30	20,250.27	37,435.37
Footnote * These were non‐approved cultivars for plant breeding purposes. They represent approximately twenty cultivars. Return to footnote * referrer Notes: A licence holder might have been granted an industrial hemp licence to conduct multiple activities at multiple sites, which may encompass more than one province. Cultivation was not reported for Newfoundland and Labrador. Marginal (less than 0.01 hectares) to no cultivation was reported for Alyssa, Carmen, Crag, Delores, Deni, Fasamo, Fedrina-74, Fibriko, Fibrimon-24, Fibrimon-56, Georgina, Kompolti Hibrid TC, Kompolti Sargaszaru, Laura Secord, Lovrin-110, UC-RGM, USO-14, Yvonne, Zolotonosha-11, Zolotonosha-15.

Table 3: 2019 Provincial Hectarage for Cultivation of Industrial Hemp by Cultivar and Form^{Footnote *}
Cultivar	Form	Hectares
Cultivar	Form	AB	BC	MB	NB	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	TOTAL
Altair	Seed	101.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	77.70	0.00	86.04	66.37	331.28
	Grain	0.00	0.89	0.00	0.00	0.00	77.90	0.40	4.30	51.40	134.89
	Fibre	0.00	0.89	0.00	0.00	0.00	93.68	0.00	13.30	86.60	194.47
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.92	0.00	0.00	0.00	154.39	0.00	13.30	121.41	290.02
Angie	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.47
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40
Anka	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	160.05	0.00	0.12	0.00	160.17
	Grain	2.03	0.00	0.00	4.00	2.43	181.22	0.00	27.18	0.00	216.86
	Fibre	4.05	22.25	0.00	0.82	0.00	214.65	0.00	11.18	0.00	252.95
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	2.03	2.36	0.00	0.82	2.43	300.60	0.00	4.45	3.64	316.33
Canda	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.40
	Grain	7.85	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	1.21	0.00	0.00	9.08
	Fibre	135.57	6.88	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	1.62	0.00	0.00	144.11
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	27.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	150.78	1.42	0.00	0.00	179.71
CanMa	Seed	52.61	0.00	36.42	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	89.03
	Grain	0.00	1.21	429.00	0.00	0.00	5.76	2.83	297.11	62.73	798.64
	Fibre	0.00	1.21	32.00	0.00	0.00	1.62	0.00	141.59	62.73	239.15
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	52.61	0.00	32.20	0.00	0.00	3.80	0.00	143.76	62.73	295.10
Carmagnola	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	10.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.46
	Fibre	10.40	0.00	11.74	0.00	0.00	5.46	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.60
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	10.43	64.34	11.74	0.00	2.02	40.96	0.00	0.00	108.62	238.11
CFX-1	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.16
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	25.50	32.37	58.27
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.40	0.00	0.00	25.54	32.37	58.35
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.04	0.40	0.00	0.00	25.54	0.00	26.04
CFX-2	Seed	52.61	0.00	22.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	74.87
	Grain	642.15	0.00	710.66	0.06	0.00	13.15	0.00	7.00	264.66	1,637.68
	Fibre	36.42	0.00	116.58	0.30	0.00	1.21	0.00	0.04	125.45	280.00
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	727.14	0.26	804.55	0.30	0.10	7.66	0.00	2.10	216.10	1,758.21
CRS-1	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	4.05	0.00	662.88	0.06	5.67	0.40	0.00	9.31	0.00	682.37
	Fibre	2.43	0.20	662.88	0.10	5.67	0.61	0.00	18.64	0.00	690.53
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	2.53	0.34	964.37	0.10	5.67	5.69	0.00	18.64	0.00	997.34
CS	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.40
	Grain	17.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.59
	Fibre	17.36	0.00	11.74	0.00	0.00	1.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	30.33
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	17.41	5.40	11.74	0.00	2.42	19.44	78.70	0.00	83.28	218.39
ESTA-1	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.33
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.33	1.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.38
Felina-34	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.83
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ferimon	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.02	0.00	27.00	0.00	46.02
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	23.88	0.00	236.62	0.00	260.75
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	288.76	0.00	218.77	3.64	511.42
Fibranova	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	250.90	250.90
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	250.90	250.90
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.81	0.00	0.00	753.12	753.93
Finola	Seed	263.05	0.00	94.26	0.00	0.00	1.62	0.00	0.00	250.18	609.11
	Grain	4,295.71	42.05	163.09	0.00	0.00	39.39	0.00	27.93	3,603.33	8,171.50
	Fibre	2,876.71	2.84	0.00	0.00	0.00	41.68	0.00	0.00	980.96	3,902.19
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	4,605.37	12.15	0.20	0.00	0.00	40.87	0.00	1.67	2,874.86	7,535.12
Grandi	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	32.38	0.00	64.75	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	97.19
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	64.75	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	64.89
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	32.38	2.07	64.75	0.10	0.00	3.72	0.00	0.04	0.00	103.06
GranMa	Seed	45.32	0.00	27.92	0.40	0.00	0.10	0.00	48.01	0.00	121.75
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.49	0.00	307.68	99.15	407.72
	Fibre	45.32	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.81	0.00	106.76	0.00	153.29
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	45.32	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	6.05	0.00	194.81	99.15	345.73
Joey	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07
	Grain	0.00	7.28	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.10	0.00	11.40
	Fibre	16.19	0.00	15.38	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.10	0.00	35.67
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	29.54	157.42	0.00	0.00	117.48	4.65	4.10	4.05	317.24
Judy	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
Jutta	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.11
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.11
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.13
Katani	Seed	0.00	0.61	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	70.42	71.03
	Grain	554.01	2.43	0.00	0.06	6.88	7.28	0.00	40.50	2,733.24	3,344.40
	Fibre	615.12	9.91	186.16	0.14	6.88	40.06	0.00	40.54	2,487.19	3,386.00
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	1,167.25	52.41	1,304.30	0.14	6.98	60.68	0.00	52.36	6,162.50	8,806.62
Kompolti	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Martha	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	47.35	0.00	71.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	118.62
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	62.32	0.00	114.58	0.00	0.00	0.00	176.90
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	62.32	0.00	110.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	172.45
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	62.32	0.00	116.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	178.57
Petera	Seed	0.00	0.00	1.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.01
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	1.01	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.07
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	1.01	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.07
Picolo	Seed	0.00	30.35	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	30.35
	Grain	4.05	20.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	24.40
	Fibre	0.00	34.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	34.44
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	4.05	35.46	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.00	0.04	244.84	284.63
Quida	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.47
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40
Rigel	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.10	0.00	4.10
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.01	0.00	5.01
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.01	0.00	5.01
Silesia	Seed	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Fibre	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.06
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
USO-31	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.15
Victoria	Seed	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.07	21.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.11
	Fibre	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.07	21.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.11
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.07	21.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.11
X-59	Seed	0.00	0.04	178.06	0.00	0.00	55.85	0.00	0.00	799.47	1,033.42
	Grain	273.93	54.67	157.83	0.06	69.99	58.48	0.81	0.00	5,384.87	6,000.64
	Fibre	556.40	201.49	335.89	0.06	36.42	58.48	0.00	0.00	4,394.20	5,582.94
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	1,219.87	171.54	335.89	0.06	69.99	59.51	0.00	0.00	6,093.95	7,950.81
Other^{Footnote **}	Seed	0.03	0.06	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.93	0.00	1.35
	Grain	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.41	0.00	8.98
	Fibre	85.39	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.40	0.00	93.89
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	33.08	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	7.28	0.00	8.40	1.62	50.48
All	Seed	514.90	31.06	361.11	47.75	0.00	366.77	0.40	135.10	1,186.99	2,644.08
	Grain	5,843.92	128.77	2,188.34	73.67	117.74	568.92	5.26	790.13	12,482.77	22,199.52
	Fibre	4,405.37	280.09	1,438.94	70.91	70.46	637.81	1.62	611.82	8,420.41	15,937.43
	Flowering Heads, Leaves, Branches	7,919.46	404.38	36,88.99	70.91	122.38	1,430.14	84.77	693.14	16,833.50	31,247.67
Footnote * The same site can be cultivated for multiple forms of industrial hemp. Return to footnote * referrer Footnote These were non‐approved cultivars for plant breeding purposes. They represent approximately twenty cultivars. Return to footnote referrer Notes: A licence holder might have been granted an industrial hemp licence to conduct multiple activities at multiple sites, which may encompass more than one province. Cultivation was not reported for Newfoundland and Labrador. Marginal (less than 0.01 hectares) to no cultivation was reported for Alyssa, Carmen, Crag, Delores, Deni, Fasamo, Fedrina-74, Fibriko, Fibrimon-24, Fibrimon-56, Georgina, Kompolti Hibrid TC, Kompolti Sargaszaru, Laura Secord, Lovrin-110, UC-RGM, USO-14, Yvonne, Zolotonosha-11, Zolotonosha-15.

Table 4: 2019 Industrial Hemp Cultivation Sites^{Footnote *} by Approved Cultivar by Province
Approved cultivar	Cultivation sites
Approved cultivar	AB	BC	MB	NB	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	Total
Altair	3	2	1	0	0	6	1	10	4	27
Angie	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Anka	2	5	1	3	2	27	0	6	1	47
Canda	9	3	1	0	1	7	2	2	0	25
CanMa	1	2	19	0	0	6	2	20	1	51
Carmagnola	5	10	1	0	1	14	0	0	3	34
CFX-1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	6
CFX-2	21	3	17	3	1	7	0	4	8	64
CRS-1	3	5	37	2	1	6	0	3	0	57
CS	6	4	1	0	1	5	7	0	5	29
ESTA-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Felina-34	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Ferimon	0	0	0	1	0	17	0	12	1	31
Fibranova	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7
Finola	95	13	8	0	0	11	0	7	88	222
Grandi	2	4	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	17
GranMa	2	0	2	1	0	8	0	28	2	43
Joey	2	5	7	0	0	7	1	3	1	26
Judy	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jutta	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	9
Katani	42	18	29	3	2	17	0	6	70	187
Kompolti	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Laura Secord	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Martha	0	0	0	8	0	16	0	0	0	24
Petera	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Picolo	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	13
Quida	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rigel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
Silesia	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7
USO-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Victoria	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
X-59	35	18	10	1	3	12	1	2	71	153
TOTAL	236	101	149	29	16	183	14	116	264	1,108
Footnote * The same site can be cultivated for multiple forms of industrial hemp. Return to footnote * referrer Notes: A licence holder might have been granted an industrial hemp licence to conduct multiple activities at multiple sites, which may encompass more than one province. Cultivation was not reported for Newfoundland and Labrador. Marginal (less than 0.01 hectares) to no cultivation was reported for Alyssa, Carmen, Crag, Delores, Deni, Fasamo, Fedrina-74, Fibriko, Fibrimon-24, Fibrimon-56, Georgina, Kompolti Hibrid TC, Kompolti Sargaszaru, Laura Secord, Lovrin-110, UC-RGM, USO-14, Yvonne, Zolotonosha-11, Zolotonosha-15.

2018 Statistics

This report was generated using Health Canada data available from January 1, 2018 to February 4, 2019.

The Industrial Hemp Regulations define “industrial hemp” as a cannabis plant – or any part of that plant – in which the concentration of THC is 0.3% (w/w) or less in the flowering heads and leaves. A licence from Health Canada is required to possess, cultivate, sell/provide, process, produce a derivative, import and/or export industrial hemp.

Table 5: 2018 Industrial hemp commercial licences and registries by province
Province	Total licences and registries^{Footnote 1}	Licences and registries for cultivation
Alberta	335	184 (55%)
British Columbia	61	31 (51%)
Manitoba	202	99 (49%)
New Brunswick	41	33 (80%)
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	0 (0%)
Nova Scotia	10	5 (50%)
Ontario	111	75 (68%)
Prince Edward Island	21	16 (76%)
Quebec	150	106 (71%)
Saskatchewan	294	162 (55%)
Total	1,226	711 (58%)
Footnote 1 A licence was issued to a specific site where more than one regulated activity may be conducted. A licence holder might have been granted licences for multiple activities at multiple sites. As per the Section 56 Class Exemption in place prior to October 17, 2018, a licence could have provided a blanket authorization for cultivation of industrial hemp at any site. Registration of the cultivation site information was required and could have been submitted to Health Canada either at the time of licence application, or within 15 days after seeding on the “Notification of Cultivation of Industrial Hemp” form. A site where only cultivation occurred was called a “Registry”, and was not issued a licence. Return to footnote 1 referrer

Table 6: 2018 Registered hectarage for cultivation of industrial hemp by approved cultivar by province
Approved cultivar	Hectarage (HA)
Approved cultivar	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	Total
Altair	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	22.28	0	4.72	0	27.02
Angie	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.08
Anka	117.85	22.23	0.04	327.70	0	0	230.82	3.20	124.65	0	826.49
Canda	42.25	4.33	906.38	16.51	0	0.09	61.34	0	0	127.46	1,158.36
CanMa	60.70	0	151.99	0	0	30.35	1.00	25.07	766.76	0	1,035.87
Carmagnola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
Carmen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0	0	0	1.48
CFX-1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	1.28	0	24.00	124.05	149.37
CFX-2	564.25	11.21	419.47	0	0	0	0.01	0	99.08	140.48	1,234.49
Crag	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0	0	0	2.02
CRS-1	38.10	4.05	160.73	0	0	0	0	17.60	0	0.045	220.53
CS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
Delores	4.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	4.08
ESTA-1	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	0	0	0	0	4.05
Ferimon	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0.80	0	182.57	0	183.47
Finola	7,149.46	46.41	1,172.72	22.52	0	0	837.69	0	84.97	3,373.74	12,687.51
Georgina	0	0	0	2.00	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	2.25
Grandi	0	0.28	230.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	802.13	1,033.28
GranMa	0	0	29.32	0	0	0	00	6.47	248.73	0	284.52
Joey	0.06	33.87	427.92	17.93	0	0	0.64	0	0	144.08	624.50
Jutta	0	0	0	0	0	0	185.69	0	0	0	185.69
Katani	2,071.81	43.47	282.64	0	0	0	32.16	91.91	0.80	1,702.65	4,225.44
Martha	0	0	0	11.00	0	0	8.50	0	0	0	19.50
Picolo	658.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161.91	820.00
Quida	0	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.12
Silesia	0.05	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07
USO 31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	0	10.00	0	14.52
Victoria	0	0	0	3.00	0	0.10	4.85	0	0	0	7.95
X-59 (Hemp Nut)	1,413.89	49.57	891.09	2.22	0	0.10	6.51	0	0	4,397.41	6,760.79
Other^{Footnote 2}	21.39	0	0.16	0	0	0	0.44	0	0.05	1.50	23.54
TOTAL	12,141.94	215.42	4,673.61	402.88	0	34.79	1,402.33	144.25	1,546.33	10,975.44	31,536.98
Footnote 2 These were non-approved varieties for plant breeding purposes. Return to footnote 2 referrer Note: No cultivation authorizations were issued for the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut. As per subsection 26(1) of the Industrial Hemp Regulations, a holder of a licence that authorizes cultivation, other than as a plant breeder, must sow only seed of pedigreed status that is of an approved cultivar listed on Health Canada’s current List of Approved Cultivars.

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Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch
Health Canada
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